Chapter 638: The School Nation
Compared to the mass-energy possessed by the Sun itself, Bai Mo's power still appeared exceedingly minuscule in its presence.
After all, Earth's mass was less than one three-hundred-thousandth of the Sun's.
Even after swallowing almost the entire Earth like a whale, and enduring decades of ceaseless pushing from the power of Daoization,
Bai Mo, approaching the sixth-highest level, still wasn't on the same order of magnitude compared to the permanently luminous and fiery star above him.
Therefore, to achieve the ultimate goal of a snake swallowing an elephant, Bai Mo had to establish a system of "fighting war with war," much like a virus.
By devouring the Sun's own mass-energy, he would create more devouring tools, cyclically accelerating the process of consuming the Sun, achieving an effect akin to a viral invasion.
When quantitative change led to qualitative transformation, that would be the day of his success.
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The first batch of "game players" on the Land of White were precisely the "vanguard" of his plan, or rather, the "first round of infection."
The entire plan's duration was initially set at one hundred years, further divided into twenty five-year mini-plans.
The Land of White would use Earth as its base, pointing its sword at the Sun!
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"In just ten short years, we've gained a billion compatriots." Gazing at the endless stream of students flowing through the class break, Ling Qiushui, a middle school teacher in ancient attire, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Sporting a unique bun and dressed in peculiar ancient attire, she was, in fact, a Transmigrator who had fortunately crossed over from some ancient world.
Eight years ago, a thunderbolt from the sky struck Ling Qiushui just as she was fleeing a calamity.
When her eyes opened again, she had already arrived on Earth.
Then, in the very next second, this ragged, disheveled, panic-stricken, and emaciated girl was discovered by the Destiny System that enveloped the entire planet.
Compared to her original world, plagued by constant warfare and the insecurity of living day-to-day, she quickly grew fond of this peaceful world where food and clothing were abundant, and even the most intense battles were merely verbal skirmishes with internet trolls.
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It seemed that due to the Spirit Qi, the once extremely inert space had become increasingly active, most directly manifesting in the growth of Transmigrator numbers.
In these ten years alone, twelve Transmigrators from outer planes inexplicably arrived on Earth, while eight Holy Progenitors inexplicably vanished.
Among the eight who vanished, two had completely lost contact, while the remaining six still maintained an extremely faint connection with the God Body network.
However, to deduce the coordinates of their spatial layer based solely on this weak connection would likely still be beyond reach.
One could only wish them good luck.
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The ability to obtain accurate numbers was thanks to the Land of White's control over all living beings; whether "entering" Transmigrators or "exiting" Holy Progenitors, their situations were reported to the Destiny System within one second.
If it were like the social environment of the Federation, only Heaven would know how many Transmigrators had arrived or how many people had mysteriously vanished.
Transmigrators arriving from afar generally had two choices on the Land of White: either join them, or be repatriated as ordinary citizens via cargo ships to the Federation's territory.
Someone like Ling Qiushui, who had suffered greatly and wandered incessantly in her previous life, unhesitatingly chose to remain here; she had grown tired of being a refugee.
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Over these years, despite the vast differences in their systems, the ties between the Federation and the Land of White had never been completely severed; interstellar trade spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers still persisted between them.
Aside from the exchange of various mineral raw materials and specialties, more importantly, the Land of White also imported a massive quantity of cultural products from the Federation.
Novels, animations, comics, movies, articles, songs...
Hard drive after hard drive of high-definition resources departed from the Federation's sole starport, transported by long-distance trade ships to Earth, in exchange for Earth's various specialties.
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Unfortunately, as inter-planetary internet communication technology had yet to be lit up, information exchange between planets currently relied on the primitive method of hard drive transportation.
Especially for certain "special" films, even if the Destiny System approved the filming plan, Earth simply couldn't find many actors willing to participate.
Yet, precisely these types of films had an extremely widespread demand.
The vast majority of Holy Progenitors were merely ordinary people with seven emotions and six desires, far from emotionless, desireless stones.
And the Destiny System maintained an extremely open, almost unrestricted, attitude towards the import of these "special" cultures.
As long as one didn't overthink the fact that while they were watching, the Destiny System was also watching along... things were still quite wonderful.
Therefore, under such peculiar circumstances, the exceptionally rich profits propelled certain cultural industries within the Federation to develop at an unimaginable speed.
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On the other hand, although the Land of White's natural birthrate was incredibly low, with only one pregnant woman per two hundred thousand people bothering to try giving birth out of boredom.
Furthermore, over seventy percent of citizens in society chose to remain single, and among the remaining twenty-odd percent of couples, the vast majority also enjoyed their world for two.
Yet, the actual population birthrate remained terrifyingly high.
The Land of White, with a population of less than three billion ten years ago, approached the four billion mark in these ten years.
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All of this stemmed from the artificial womb factories erected in the center of every city.
The humans of the Land of White had entrusted the task of reproduction, originally their most fundamental biological duty, to machines.
They only kept for themselves the irreplaceable step of providing genetic material.
Every day, staff at the sperm banks and egg banks had to process astounding numbers of reproductive cells under their jurisdiction.
Moreover, to ensure genetic diversity, reproductive cells from one party often needed to be transported from distant cities via special express channels.
After fertilization was complete, viable fertilized eggs, having passed genetic inspection, would be transported to the artificial womb factories for further processing.
To maintain rapid population growth, the entire reproductive industrial chain alone employed a total of over eight million staff.
Cold storage managers, fertilization technicians, reproductive specialists, and professional delivery couriers spread across the world... together formed this ultimate reproductive machine.
Following this, the supporting roles in infant management, kindergarten teachers, primary school, middle school, and high school teachers, as well as various auxiliary personnel, totaled over one hundred million people.
Beyond that, the total number of researchers working on all manner of projects, big and small, also exceeded fifty million.
Under the influence of this super baby boom, the primary structure of society had transformed into a boundless, enormous university.
Some called it — the School Nation..
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